Self-cleaning currycomb.



J. J. MINICH.

SELF CLEANING GURRYGOMB.

APPLIUATIOII FILED NOV. 16, 1912.

1,078,451 Patented Nov. 11, 1913.

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J. J. MINICH.

SELF CLEANING GURR-YGOMB.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16, 1912.

1,078,451, Patented Nam-11, 1913.

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JAMES J. MINICH, 0F BLESSING, TEXAS.

SELF-CLEANING CURRYGOIVIB.

more particularly to the class of self cleaning curry combs.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a curry comb wherein the same may be readily and easily cleaned without requiring the knocking of the comb against a solid structure, the scraper blades of the comb being acted upon through the medium of a cleaning plate which removes any adhering particles therefrom.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a curry comb in which automatic means are mounted thereon for operating the cleaner so that the scraping blade of the comb may be readily and quickly cleaned in an easy manner.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a curry comb of this character which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and eiiicient in operation and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing" and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a side eleration of a curry comb constructed in accordance with the invention. 2 is a top plan View thereof. E3 is a bottom plan view. Fig. 4t is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the curry comb. Fig. 5 is an end elevation.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals the curry comb comprises a fork arm 5 having mounted on one end thereof a handle 6 which is made fast thereto in any desirable manner and attached to the fork arm 5 are a plurality of substantially inverted U Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1912.

Patented Nov. 11,1913.

Serial No. 731,730.

shaped scraper members 7 the same being 8, the members 7 being fastened to the arms 5 in any desirable manner.

Fixed in the handle 6 above thearm 5 is a resilient fork or limb 9 provided at its free ends with eyes 10 in which is loosely engaged a bail 11 fixed to a cleaning plate 12 which is provided with spaced blades .8 of the members 7 while the portion ofthe plate 12 between the blades 8 or the slots 1.3 serving as cleaning bars 14: which on the displacement of the plate 12 when pressing downwardly upon the resilient fork or limb 9 will scrape the blades 8 for removing particles adhering upon the blade or between the same.

When the pressure of the fork or limb 9 is relieved the plate is automatically shifted into normal. position so that the cleaning bars 14 will lie against the closed sides of the members 7 and thereby not interfere with the scraping action of the blades 8 when the curry'comb is in use.

lVhat is claimed is A self-cleaning curry comb comprising a rigid fork, U-shaped members arranged in spaced parallel relation and having their medial. portions fixed to the said fork and formingcomb teeth, a flat scraper plate having slots receiving the U-shaped members, an inverted ti -shaped bail straddling the fork and having its ends extended beyond the U-shaped members and fixed to the plate, a resilient member arranged above the said fork and loosely connected to the bail and movable toward and away from the fork, the said bail being of a size to permit the movel'nent of the plate outwardly to the ends of the comb teeth, and a handle united with the fork and the resilient arm, the longer edges of the slot beingstruck out to project outwardly in convergent relation to each other at an angle to the comb teeth.

In testimony whereof I ai'hx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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